Aircraft
Euro Hawk Flies to Germany
Northrop Grumman flew the Euro Hawk UAV demo
Shadowed by a chase plane, the Northrop Grumman Euro Hawk UAV touched down at Manching airbase in Germany on July 20. (Photo: Northrop Grumman/EADS)
Shadowed by a chase plane, the Northrop Grumman Euro Hawk UAV touched down at Manching airbase in Germany on July 20. (Photo: Northrop Grumman/EADS)

Northrop Grumman flew the Euro Hawk UAV demonstrator for the German air force (GAF) to Manching airbase near Munich for further development and testing. The journey from Edwards AFB in California on July 20 took slightly more than 22 hours, four hours longer than originally planned, and was delayed 48 hours by weather and flight-plan difficulties.

The Euro Hawk is a signals-intelligence (Sigint)-only version of the RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 20, in which Northrop is partnered by EADS Cassidian Air Systems.